Houses
Up until 1992 the school was organized under a clearly defined house system, as in most public schools. In the same year two of the previous houses were removed and the school was re-organized into year groups in lieu of the traditional house structure that had existed. School House, the college’s boarding house since 1917 and Howards were removed and Brooks, Butlers, Howsons and Selwyns remained.
The Six Houses that existed until 1992:
| House | Symbol | Motto | Named After | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brook's | Stag | Aeternum Progredior | Rt. Rev. Richard Brook, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich | |
| Butlers | Grypphon | Prensum Elevo | Rev. George Butler, Canon of Winchester | |
| Howard's | Horse | Contemnit Pavorem | Canon Howard | |
| Howsons | Lion | Nulla Vestigia Retrorsum | Very Rev. John Saul Howson, Dean of Chester | |
| School House | Dragon | Stet Fortuna Domus | - | |
| Selwyns | Porcupine | Toujours Prest | Rev. E.C. Selwyn | |
In 2009, the College returned to its old House System. The four remaining houses came back into action and gave the school a new lease of life. Each house now has their own large house room in which Lerpoolians can socialize, study and leave their belongings. House activities have once again become a daily occurrence and pupils are registered in house groups meaning that the year system brought about in 1992 has almost vanished.
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Famous quotes containing the word houses:
“Strange that so few ever come to the woods to see how the pine lives and grows and spires, lifting its evergreen arms to the light,—to see its perfect success; but most are content to behold it in the shape of many broad boards brought to market, and deem that its true success! But the pine is no more lumber than man is, and to be made into boards and houses is no more its true and highest use than the truest use of a man is to be cut down and made into manure.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“These were such houses as the lumberers of Maine spend the winter in, in the wilderness ... the camps and the hovels for the cattle, hardly distinguishable, except that the latter had no chimney.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“And when your children ask you, ‘What do you mean by this observance?’ you shall say, ‘It is the passover sacrifice to the LORD, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck down the Egyptians but spared our houses.’”
—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 12:26-27.